On Fri, 29 Dec 2017, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 12:42:28PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Guillem Jover wrote: > > > > > I'm also growing some URL switching fatigue when it comes to Debian's > > > git repos. And that's one of the reasons I moved all my packaging to > > > my own server some time ago. > > > > This is just a symptom of a Debian design flaw that dates back to > > before we started using VCSen for packaging. We include information in > > the source package that can change independently of the source package > > (such as Vcs-*, Homepage, debian/watch, Maintainer/Uploaders etc). > > These should be stored externally to source packages and merged into > > the Packages/Sources files by the archive software. > > Or more precisely it was a design flaw from the beginning which was > intended to be cured with the workaround of annonscm and now it seems > even this will be broken for no good reasons. if you think so, you have now idea. Please propose a solution for reusing the name without breaking renamed and not yet migrated repos.
Of course you are now one year to late. Alex
